Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Operate common mechanical and electrical instrumentation in a physics lab in order to make measurements of physical systems
2. Recognize and record key information about the experiment and record it in a laboratory notebook that can easily be interpreted by others.
3. Analyze experimental data and infer the physical properties and behaviour of systems from that data, thereby acquiring a deeper understanding of the laws that govern those physical systems.
4. Estimate the uncertainty of experimental data acquired, propagate those error estimates and produce a credible assessment of the experimental results
5. Prepare graphs that clearly illustrate the relationship of the data that was collected to theories or to other observations.
6. Write reports that summarize the experimental work that was completed, the data that was collected, how the data were interpreted and the conclusions that were drawn.